Tony Blair urges people to 'rise up' and stop Brexit

Former British prime minister Tony Blair is urging the British people to “rise up” against Brexit and prevent the government of Theresa May from taking the country out of the European Union “at any cost.”

Blair is expected to voice his opposition to “hard Brexit” in a major speech on Friday and launch a “mission” to find “a way out from the present rush over the cliff’s edge,” according to media reports.

The speech has been organized by the Open Britain campaign group.

The former Labour leader will say that Britons voted in the June 23 referendum without proper “knowledge of the true terms of Brexit.”

Demanding that people have a “right to change their mind,” Blair will call on the 48 percent who voted against Brexit to take a stand.

“This is not the time for retreat, indifference or despair, but the time to rise up in defense of what we believe,” he will argue. “Our mission is to persuade them to do so.”